THE WEEK IN CHESS 565 5th September 2005 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals
3) 74th Ukrainian Chess Championship
4) Dutch Championship
5) Howard Staunton Memorial
6) Paul Keres Memorial
7) Villa Martelli
8) 8th International Banyoles
9) 2nd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open
10) Caissa August IM II
11) VI Obert d'Escacs International
12) V Vila de Marin Open
13) VII Sants Open
14) Semi-final of the Iranian Championship
15) First Saturday September
16) Coulsdon "Premiership" International
17) 4th Lahijan Open
18) US Chess League
19) Vladimir Open
20) 14th Kavala Open
21) XXII Abierto Internacional de Collado Villalba
22) Bratto Open
23) 49th Spanish Teams
24) BDO Haarlem
25) Nordic Championship
26) V Memorial Alonso Leira
27) 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival
28) Forthcoming Events and Links


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58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals    90 games
74th Ukrainian Chess Championship        17 games
Howard Staunton Memorial                  3 games
Paul Keres Memorial                      90 games
Villa Martelli                           18 games
8th International Banyoles               56 games
Caissa August IM II                      42 games
VI Obert d'Escacs International          40 games
V Vila de Marin Open                     90 games
VII Sants Open                          200 games
Iranian Championship Semi-final         169 games
First Saturday September                 15 games
Coulsdon "Premiership" International     45 games
4th Lahijan Open                        133 games
US Chess League                          16 games
14th Kavala Open                        133 games
Bratto Open                              93 games
49th Spanish Teams                       60 games
BDO Haarlem                              80 games
15th Abu Dhabi Festival                   9 games
1399 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Rich Fireman, Gary Suffield, Bognar Csaba, Aniko Toth, Carsten Hensel, Thomas Henrich, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Miklos Orso, Carlos Martín Sánchez, Scott Freeman, Greg Shahade, Ian Rogers, Rod McShane, Adolivio Capece, Andy McFarland, Eugeny Atarov, Hugh Brodie, Argiris Kotsis, David Cohen, Eric Schiller, Toni Ayza, Amanov Mesgen, Ching Kim Lye, Antonio Torrecillas and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The semi-finals of the 58th Russian Championships are in themselves a strong event with players competing to play in what should be a great event in December. After three rounds Mikhail Kobalia is the only player left on 100% after he defeated Evgeny Bareev. Elsewhere the Ukrainian Championships conclude and the Dutch Championships start tomorrow. Vladimir Kramnik will play for a very strong NAO team in the European Club Cup in Italy, September 18th-24th 2005.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals

The 58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals takes place in Kazan 2nd-12th September 2005. 66 player swiss. The 58th Russian Championships final takes place December 2nd-16th 2005 with Grischuk, Dreev, Svidler and Morozevich. 7 qualify from the event.

Leading players: Evgeny Bareev, Alexander Khalifman, Alexander Motylev, Sergey Rublevsky, Konstantin Sakaev, Pavel Smirnov, Artiom Timofeev, Dmitry Jakovenko, Vadim Zvjaginsev, Evgeny Alekseev.

The bottom three boards for each round seem to be missing.

Official site: http://www.russiachess.ru

Further details: http://www.chesspro.ru/events/kazan05.shtml

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58th ch-RUS Semi-Final Kazan RUS (RUS), 3-11 ix 2005
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                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Kobalia, Mikhail       g  RUS 2614  +43 +42 +25  .   .   .   .   .   .   3.0       
 2. Volkov, Sergey         g  RUS 2622  +57 +24 = 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2848 
 3. Rublevsky, Sergei      g  RUS 2645  +53 = 8 +35  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2844 
 4. Zvjaginsev, Vadim      g  RUS 2659  =11 +45 +37  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2834 
 5. Inarkiev, Ernesto      g  RUS 2618  +59 +58 = 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2850 
 6. Tkachiev, Vladislav    g  FRA 2625  +22 =35 = 8  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2694 
 7. Motylev, Alexander     g  RUS 2675  =39 +36 =18  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2657 
 8. Shariyazdanov, Andrey  g  RUS 2592  +51 = 3 = 6  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2704 
 9. Khalifman, Alexander   g  RUS 2653  =26 +40 =14  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2691 
10. Timofeev, Artyom       g  RUS 2661  =40 +39 =20  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2694 
11. Kurnosov, Igor         g  RUS 2549  = 4 =15 +49  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2690 
12. Kharlov, Andrei        g  RUS 2619  =29 +41 =21  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2667 
13. Bryzgalin, Kirill      f  RUS 2480  +56 =18 =16  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2730 
14. Galkin, Alexander      g  RUS 2598  =17 +48 = 9  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2671 
15. Jakovenko, Dmitry      g  RUS 2627  =45 =11 +32  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2672 
16. Najer, Evgeniy         g  RUS 2614  +52 =32 =13  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2642 
17. Chuprov, Dmitry        m  RUS 2477  =14 =30 +58  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2715 
18. Korotylev, Alexey      g  RUS 2604  +63 =13 = 7  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2681 
19. Khairullin, Ildar      m  RUS 2538  =27 =28 +44  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2747 
20. Epishin, Vladimir      g  RUS 2600  =31 +62 =10  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2644 
21. Grigoriants, Sergey    g  RUS 2562  =62 +50 =12  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2640 
22. Savchenko, Boris       m  RUS 2534  - 6 +60 +47  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2691 
23. Yakovich, Yuri         g  RUS 2560  -25 +61 +46  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2672 
24. Bocharov, Dmitry       g  RUS 2574  +64 - 2 +59  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2654 
25. Bareev, Evgeny         g  RUS 2688  +23 =37 - 1  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2591 
26. Bezgodov, Alexei       g  RUS 2548  = 9 =27 =28  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2637 
27. Smirnov, Pavel         g  RUS 2635  =19 =26 =29  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2538 
28. Alekseev, Evgeny       g  RUS 2625  =41 =19 =26  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2540 
29. Yemelin, Vasily        g  RUS 2530  =12 =44 =27  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2620 
30. Dvoirys, Semen I       g  RUS 2589  =46 =17 =33  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2485 
31. Iljin, Artem           m  RUS 2500  =20 =47 =42  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2596 
32. Tomashevsky, Evgeny    g  RUS 2555  +54 =16 -15  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2636 
33. Kosteniuk, Alexandra   g  RUS 2516  =44 =34 =30  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2597 
34. Belov, Vladimir        g  RUS 2596  =48 =33 =43  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2514 
35. Lastin, Alexander      g  RUS 2583  +60 = 6 - 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2574 
36. Obolenskikh, Dmitry       RUS 2437  +55 - 7 =38  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2603 
37. Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS 2599  +61 =25 - 4  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2612 
38. Magomedov, Magaram     g  RUS 2565  =49 =46 =36  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2437 
39. Lugovoi, Aleksei       g  RUS 2556  = 7 -10 +63  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2617 
40. Vorobiov, Evgeny E     g  RUS 2552  =10 - 9 +64  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2584 
41. Novikov, Stanislav     g  RUS 2534  =28 -12 +62  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2546 
42. Sorokin, Maxim         g  RUS 2567  +66 - 1 =31  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2512 
43. Vitiugov, Nikita          RUS 2519  - 1 +66 =34  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2544 
44. Tregubov, Pavel V      g  RUS 2607  =33 =29 -19  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2403 
45. Yevseev, Denis         g  RUS 2537  =15 - 4 =51  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2460 
46. Gavrilov, Alexei1      m  RUS 2464  =30 =38 -23  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2446 
47. Filippov, Valerij      g  RUS 2621  =50 =31 -22  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2396 
48. Kabanov, Nikolai       m  RUS 2508  =34 -14 =53  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2453 
49. Pokazanjev, Nikolai    f  RUS 2410  =38 =55 -11  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2436 
50. Iljushin, Alexei       g  RUS 2531  =47 -21 =54  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2492 
51. Balashov, Yuri S       g  RUS 2469  - 8 =53 =45  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2431 
52. Chebotarev, Oleg          RUS 2517  -16 =54 =56  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2502 
53. Kosyrev, Vladimir      g  RUS 2540  - 3 =51 =48  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2415 
54. Sakaev, Konstantin     g  RUS 2669  -32 =52 =50  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2409 
55. Popov, Valerij         g  RUS 2570  -36 =49 =57  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2335 
56. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly    g  RUS 2599  -13 =63 =52  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2379 
57. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny   g  RUS 2533  - 2 =64 =55  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2418 
58. Khismatullin, Denis    g  RUS 2583  +65 - 5 -17  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2390 
59. Loginov, Valery A      g  RUS 2527  - 5 +65 -24  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2422 
60. Galliamova, Alisa      m  RUS 2453  -35 -22 +66  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2388 
61. Nevostrujev, Vladimir  g  RUS 2490  -37 -23 +65  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2411 
62. Bragin, Alexander         RUS 2396  =21 -20 -41  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2292 
63. Yandemirov, Valeri     g  RUS 2515  -18 =56 -39  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2313 
64. Grebionkin, Vladimir   m  RUS 2438  -24 =57 -40  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2280 
65. Shabanov, Yuri         g  RUS 2451  -58 -59 -61  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
66. Feoktistov, Alexey A   m  RUS 2424  -42 -43 -60  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0       
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3) 74th Ukrainian Chess Championship

74th Ukrainian Chess Championship, Final 2005 took place August 24th - 2nd September 2005 in Rivne. 32 participants compete in a knock-out system. 18 Grandmasters including Efimenko Zahar (2643), Areshchenko Alexander (2625), Borovikov Vladislav (2595), Baklan Vladimir (2584), Neverov Valeriy (2572), Women European Chess Champion Lahno Kateryna, and 9 international/national masters take part in the competition.

The top two seeds contested the final. Alexander Areshchenko beat Efimenko Zahar in the first playoff game to take the title.

Official site Ukrainian Chess Federation: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/eng/

74th ch-UKR KO  2005

Final
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Areshchenko,A 2.0
Efimenko,Z 1.0

3rd-4th Place
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Borovikov,V 1.5
Neverov,V 0.5

Semifinal
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Borovikov,V 2.0
Areshchenko,A 2.0

Efimenko,Z 2.5
Neverov,V 1.5

Quarterfinal
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Kononenko,Dmitry1 1.5
Borovikov,V 2.5

Areshchenko,A 2.0
Ushenina,A 0.0

Brodsky,M 0.5
Efimenko,Z 1.5

Kruppa,Y 2.0
Neverov,V 2.0

Round 2
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Kononenko,Dmitry1 1.5
Fedorchuk,S 0.5

Borovikov,V 2.5
Moroz,A 1.5

Zinchenko,Ya 0.0
Areshchenko,A 2.0

Ushenina,A 1.5
Korobov,A 0.5

Brodsky,M 2.5
Malakhatko,V 1.5

Efimenko,Z 1.5
Lahno,Kateri 0.5

Kruppa,Y 1.5
Baklan,V 0.5

Neverov,V 1.5
Kuzubov,Y 0.5

Round 1
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Kononenko,Dmitry1 1.5
Gritsak,O 0.5

Fedorchuk,S 1.5
Peskov,A 0.5

Burlai,O 0.5
Borovikov,V 1.5

Zubarev,Al1 0.5
Moroz,A 1.5

Zinchenko,Ya 2.0
Kovalchuk,V 0.0

Areshchenko,A 1.0
Nesteretz,A 1.0

Ushenina,A 1.0
Romanishin,O 1.0

Korobov,A 2.0
Tarlev,K 0.0

Labensky,I 0.0
Brodsky,M 2.0

Malakhatko,V 2.0
Truskavetsky,A 0.0

Nedilko,V 1.0
Efimenko,Z 1.0

Lahno,Kateri 1.5
Andreev,Ed 0.5

Pavlov,S2 0.5
Kruppa,Y 1.5

Baklan,V 1.5
Onischuk,V 0.5

Alexikov,A 0.5
Neverov,V 1.5

Kuzubov,Y 1.0
Smirnov,I UKR 1.0

4) Dutch Championship

The Dutch Championships takes place September 5th-16th 2005 in Leeuwarden. The men's event starts on Tuesday.

Men GM Sergei Tiviakov 2678 GM Loek van Wely 2655 GM Erik van den Doel 2587 GM Jan Smeets 2537 GM Daniël Stellwagen 2533 GM Friso Nijboer 2529 IM Erwin l'Ami 2519 IM Jan Werle 2514 replaces Timman IM Ruud Janssen 2501 IM Sipke Ernst 2457 GM Jan Timman 2625 out with a broken hand according to Dutch teletext. Women GM Peng Zhao Qin 2405 WIM Bianca Muhren 2269 FM Petra Schuurman 2266 WIM Marlies Bensdorp 2225 Arlette van Weersel 2173 Laura Bensdorp 2108

Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2005/

5) Howard Staunton Memorial

The Howard Staunton Memorial took place August 19th-30th 2005. Jonathan Levitt and Jon Speelman finished on 6/10.

Official site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2005/gamesresults.shtml

3rd Staunton Memorial London ENG (ENG), 19-20 viii 2005cat. VII (2421)
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                                    1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Levitt, Jonathan      g ENG 2441 ** == =1 =1 01 01  6.0  2488
2 Speelman, Jonathan S  g ENG 2549 == ** == == 11 01  6.0  2467
3 McNab, Colin A        g SCO 2451 =0 == ** 01 1= 1=  5.5  2450
4 Howell, David WL      m ENG 2471 =0 == 10 ** 10 ==  4.5  2374
5 Day, Lawrence A       m CAN 2270 10 00 0= 01 ** 11  4.5  2414
6 Houska, Jovanka       m ENG 2342 10 10 0= == 00 **  3.5  2326
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6) Paul Keres Memorial

The Paul Keres Memorial took place in Tallinn, Estonia 30th August - 4th September 2005. Meelis Kanep won the event with 6.5/9.

Official site: http://www.maleliit.ee

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Paul Keres Mem A Tallinn EST (EST), 30 viii-4 ix 2005  cat. IX (2459)
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Kanep, Meelis          m EST 2491  * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1  6.5  2621 
 2. Miezis, Normunds       g LAT 2527  = * = = 1 = 1 1 0 1  6.0  2576 
 3. Kengis, Edvins         g LAT 2534  = = * = 1 = = = 1 1  6.0  2575 
 4. Kulaots, Kaido         g EST 2570  0 = = * = = = 1 1 1  5.5  2526 
 5. Starostits, Ilmars     m LAT 2474  = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 1  5.5  2537 
 6. Seeman, Tarvo          m EST 2405  = = = = 0 * = 1 1 =  5.0  2508 
 7. Rytshagov, Mikhail     g EST 2455  = 0 = = = = * = 1 0  4.0  2416 
 8. Zavoronkov, Vladimir   m EST 2374  0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1 1  3.0  2343 
 9. Smirnov, Artem         m RUS 2405  0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1  2.0  2245 
10. Raud, Rainer             EST 2356  0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 *  1.5  2197 
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Paul Keres Mem B Tallinn EST (EST), 30 viii-4 ix 2005 cat. IV (2340)
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Krivonosov, Oleg      m LAT 2449  * = = = = = = 1 1 1  6.0  2452 
 2. Shvyrjov, Igor        m EST 2476  = * = 0 1 1 1 0 1 1  6.0  2449 
 3. Lauk, Ular            f EST 2368  = = * = = = = 1 1 =  5.5  2416 
 4. Savickas, Airidas       LTU 2281  = 1 = * = 0 1 = = 1  5.5  2426 
 5. Zjukin, Sergei        m EST 2359  = 0 = = * = 1 = = =  4.5  2337 
 6. Shlykov, Vitali         EST 2213  = 0 = 1 = * 0 = = 1  4.5  2353 
 7. Narva, Jaan           f EST 2300  = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = =  4.0  2301 
 8. Asauskas, Henrikas      LTU 2348  0 1 0 = = = 0 * = 1  4.0  2295 
 9. Akesson, Joel         f SWE 2345  0 0 0 = = = = = * 1  3.5  2259 
10. Soskov, Vjatsheslav     EST 2257  0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 *  1.5  2075 
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7) Villa Martelli

There was a festival celebrating the 50th Anniverary of the Villa Martelli Chess Club which took place 17th-27th August 2005. Julio Granda Zuniga won with 7.5/10. All games now available.

Official site: http://ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/50a.htm

50th Ann Festival GM Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 17-27 viii 2005cat. XIII (2555)
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                                      1  2  3  4  5  6 
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1 Granda Zuniga, Julio E  g PER 2601 ** 1= =1 10 1= 11  7.5  2738
2 Felgaer, Ruben          g ARG 2618 0= ** 1= 11 1= 1=  7.0  2691
3 Leitao, Rafael          g BRA 2598 =0 0= ** == 11 =1  5.5  2582
4 Valerga, Diego          m ARG 2499 01 00 == ** 1= ==  4.5  2529
5 Rodriguez, Andres       g URU 2523 0= 0= 00 0= ** =1  3.0  2412
6 Slipak, Sergio          g ARG 2489 00 0= =0 == =0 **  2.5  2374
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8) 8th International Banyoles

The 8th International Banyoles took place 16th-25th August 2005. Harmen Jonkman and Jordi Fluvia Poyatos finished on 7.5/9. Final round games missing.

Official site: http://www.compartir.org/escacsbanyoles/index.htm

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8th Open Banyoles ESP (ESP), 17-25 viii 2005
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 1. Jonkman, Harmen          g  NED 2454  7.5  49.5  54.5   41.0
 2. Fluvia, Jordi               ESP 2443  7.5  48.5  52.0   38.5
 3. Moskalenko, Viktor       g  UKR 2534  7    51.0  55.5   35.0
 4. Campos Moreno, Javier B  g  CHI 2443  7    43.0  46.5   33.5
 5. Bromberger, Stefan       m  GER 2491  6.5  48.0  53.0   36.0
 6. Slaby, Jerzy             m  POL 2432  6.5  45.5  48.0   34.5
 7. Matnadze, Ana            wg GEO 2389  6.5  44.5  48.5   33.0
 8. Cuadras Avellana, Jorge  f  ESP 2376  6.5  40.5  44.0   31.0
 9. Borges Mateos, Juan      g  CUB 2467  6    50.5  54.5   36.0
10. Narciso Dublan, Marc     g  ESP 2476  6    48.0  52.0   35.5
11. Fluvia Poyatos, Joan     m  ESP 2458  6    47.0  51.5   34.0
12. Ermenkov, Evgenij        g  PLE 2478  6    46.0  49.0   33.0
13. Parmentier, Xavier       f  FRA 2283  6    44.5  48.5   32.5
14. Coursaget, Nicolas       f  FRA 2358  6    39.5  43.5   29.0
105 players

9) 2nd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open

The 2nd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open took place 19th-26th August 2005. 70 participants including 13 GMs participated: Ian Rogers, Utut Adianto, Nguyen Anh Dung, Wang Hao, Wu Shaobin, Edhi Handoko, Koneru Humpy, Abhijit Kunte, Eugene Torre, Joey Antonio, Dao Thien Hai, Nelson Mariano, Taleb Moussa... The event was won by Wang Hao who compiled a tremendous score of 10/11 including a win against Ian Rogers in the final round where the latter needed a win to take second place. News: Ching Kim Lye.

Next year's 3rd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open (to be held again during the same period next year) will be increased to USD18,000 from USD15,000 this year.

Official site: http://www.malaysiaopen.net/ with additional info at: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/

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2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur MAS (MAS), 19-26 viii 2005
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                                              1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11 
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 1. Wang Hao                      CHN 2512  +53 +38 +30 = 2 + 9 + 7 +24 + 3 +17 = 5 + 6 10.0  2826 
 2. Antonio, Rogelio jr        g  PHI 2513  +58 +42 +26 = 1 =12 + 6 = 9 = 5 = 4 = 3 +10  8.0  2654 
 3. Gonzales, Jayson           m  PHI 2477  +51 +21 = 4 = 5 =10 + 8 +18 - 1 +25 = 2 = 9  7.5  2583 
 4. Nguyen Anh Dung            g  VIE 2555  +31 +17 = 3 = 7 =33 -13 +30 +20 = 2 +12 = 5  7.5  2559 
 5. Adianto, Utut              g  INA 2588  +45 +19 =24 = 3 - 7 +38 +22 = 2 +13 = 1 = 4  7.5  2569 
 6. Rogers, Ian                g  AUS 2569  =43 +35 =22 +17 +19 - 2 + 7 =13 +18 + 9 - 1  7.5  2497 
 7. Mariano, Nelson            g  PHI 2466  +49 +46 =12 = 4 + 5 - 1 - 6 +34 = 8 +18 +28  7.5  2556 
 8. Kunte, Abhijit             g  IND 2561  +50 =13 =32 +25 =16 - 3 =14 +27 = 7 +23 +17  7.5  2543 
 9. Torre, Eugenio             g  PHI 2535  +34 =33 +13 +14 - 1 +16 = 2 +32 =10 - 6 = 3  7.0  2560 
10. Dao Thien Hai              g  VIE 2601  +39 =14 =16 +26 = 3 =12 =25 +23 = 9 +28 - 2  7.0  2555 
11. Wynn Zaw Htun              m  MYA 2578  +44 =32 -14 +34 -13 +41 =33 =26 +20 =17 +25  7.0  2444 
12. Koneru, Humpy              g  IND 2531  +54 +20 = 7 +24 = 2 =10 =13 -17 +22 - 4 =14  6.5  2500 
13. Handoko, Edhi              g  INA 2407  +65 = 8 - 9 +41 +11 + 4 =12 = 6 - 5 =25 =15  6.5  2523 
14. Abdulla, Al-Rakib          m  BAN 2462  +55 =10 +11 - 9 +21 -24 = 8 -29 +44 +22 =12  6.5  2472 
15. Myo Naing                  m  MYA 2516  +18 -26 +31 -22 -45 +62 +44 =21 =32 +29 =13  6.5  2323 
16. Hossain, Enamul            m  BAN 2473  =47 +48 =10 +46 = 8 - 9 =21 -22 +45 =31 +38  6.5  2387 
17. Situru, Nathanael          m  INA 2382  +68 - 4 +50 - 6 +44 +34 +28 +12 - 1 =11 - 8  6.5  2478 
18. Sonjaya, Deni                 INA 2178  -15 +67 +42 =32 +37 +36 - 3 +24 - 6 - 7 +33  6.5  2474 
19. Sriram, Jha                m  IND 2437  +66 - 5 +37 +39 - 6 -25 =43 +41 =21 =40 +36  6.5  2391 
20. Tirto                      f  INA 2370  +62 -12 -34 +51 +57 +27 =23 - 4 -11 +46 +39  6.5  2386 
21. Chan, Nicholas             f  MAS 2313  +70 - 3 +29 =36 -14 +51 =16 =15 =19 =24 +32  6.5  2446 
22. Sorbe, Stephane               FRA 2340  +56 =23 = 6 +15 -28 +26 - 5 +16 -12 -14 +40  6.0  2456 
23. Juswanto, Denny            m  INA 2509  +29 =22 =33 =30 =38 +45 =20 -10 +26 - 8 =31  6.0  2392 
24. Wu Shaobin                 g  SIN 2510  +64 +25 = 5 -12 +32 +14 - 1 -18 =33 =21 =26  6.0  2420 
25. Lim Yee-Weng               f  MAS 2348  +61 -24 +53 - 8 +31 +19 =10 +33 - 3 =13 -11  6.0  2424 
26. Mok Tze-Meng               f  MAS 2351  +67 +15 - 2 -10 +43 -22 +48 =11 -23 +53 =24  6.0  2384 
27. Sales, Jesse Noel          f  PHI 2340  -35 =47 +48 =43 +29 -20 +31 - 8 -40 +57 +44  6.0  2214 
28. Irwanto, Sadikin           f  INA 2517  =41 -37 +65 +58 +22 =33 -17 +38 +29 -10 - 7  6.0  2351 
29. Anas, Nazreen Bakri        f  MAS 2150  -23 +70 -21 +52 -27 +42 +37 +14 -28 -15 +50  6.0  2365 
30. Prayitno, Sugeng              INA 2333  +69 +36 - 1 =23 -36 +64 - 4 -39 +49 =34 +51  6.0  2363 
31. Shen Siyuan                   CHN 2232  - 4 +68 -15 +66 -25 +57 -27 +51 +42 =16 =23  6.0  2355 
32. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  m  IND 2414  +40 =11 = 8 =18 -24 +35 +36 - 9 =15 =39 -21  5.5  2370 
33. Wu Xibin                   f  CHN 2390  +63 = 9 =23 +44 = 4 =28 =11 -25 =24 =36 -18  5.5  2410 
34. Panggabean, Hasian            INA 2222  - 9 +60 +20 -11 +46 -17 +45 - 7 =38 =30 =35  5.5  2321 
35. Anasrullah                    INA ----  +27 - 6 -44 +50 =39 -32 -46 +62 +43 =42 =34  5.5  2289 
36. Taleb, Moussa              g  UAE 2508  +57 -30 +54 =21 +30 -18 -32 +46 =39 =33 -19  5.5  2287 
37. Zhang Jilin                wm CHN 2356  =48 +28 -19 =45 -18 +47 -29 +55 =53 -38 +56  5.5  2203 
38. Lahiri, Atanu              m  IND 2344  +59 - 1 =41 +64 =23 - 5 +39 -28 =34 +37 -16  5.5  2328 
39. Meenakshi, S1              wg IND 2273  -10 +66 +55 -19 =35 +53 -38 +30 =36 =32 -20  5.5  2309 
40. Son, Asia                  wf KAZ 2105  -32 -44 -59 +56 -42 +67 +50 +66 +27 =19 -22  5.5  2203 
41. Srivachirawat, Kannapon       THA 2186  =28 =43 =38 -13 +55 -11 +62 -19 =57 =48 +54  5.5  2250 
42. Salimbagat, Rico           f  USA 2379  +60 - 2 -18 -55 +40 -29 +65 +63 -31 =35 +53  5.5  2142 
43. Koneru, Chandra Hawsa         IND 2235  = 6 =41 =51 =27 -26 +58 =19 -45 -35 =47 +61  5.0  2199 
44. Lim Chuing Hoong              MAS 2239  -11 +40 +35 -33 -17 +63 -15 +48 -14 +49 -27  5.0  2226 
45. Ahmad, Maliki                 MAS 2244  - 5 =65 +49 =37 +15 -23 -34 +43 -16 -50 +60  5.0  2266 
46. Tan Lian-Ann               m  SIN 2302  +52 - 7 +47 -16 -34 =55 +35 -36 +64 -20 =48  5.0  2180 
47. Tun, Seri Lanang Othman       MAS 2129  =16 =27 -46 -57 +52 -37 -56 +68 =54 =43 +59  5.0  2124 
48. Aplin, Christer Jon           SIN 1947  =37 -16 -27 +65 =58 +50 -26 -44 +66 =41 =46  5.0  2222 
49. Chong Chor Yuen               HKG 2127  - 7 =52 -45 +63 -53 =61 +59 +54 -30 -44 +57  5.0  2092 
50. Haessler, Carl                USA 2234  - 8 +63 -17 -35 +60 -48 -40 +61 +65 +45 -29  5.0  2091 
51. Ahmad, Iftikke                PAK 2250  - 3 +69 =43 -20 +54 -21 =53 -31 +63 +64 -30  5.0  2190 
52. Yu,Marco                      HKG ----  -46 =49 =68 -29 -47 +70 -54 =67 =62 +69 +63  5.0  2043 
53. Yang Ning                  wf CHN 2164  - 1 +59 -25 =62 +49 -39 =51 +56 =37 -26 -42  4.5  2153 
54. Jones, Lee                 f  AUS 2189  -12 +62 -36 =59 -51 =56 +52 -49 =47 +55 -41  4.5  2086 
55. Lomibao, Sheerie Joy       wf PHI 2126  -14 +57 -39 +42 -41 =46 =64 -37 =56 -54 +68  4.5  2146 
56. Dotsenko,Viacheslav           RUS ----  -22 =64 -58 -40 +68 =54 +47 -53 =55 +65 -37  4.5  2101 
57. Yu,Melvin                     HKG ----  -36 -55 +60 +47 -20 -31 +69 =64 =41 -27 -49  4.0  2092 
58. Jones, Brian               f  AUS 2173  - 2 =61 +56 -28 =48 -43 -63 -65 +69 -59 +64  4.0  2008 
59. Noguchi, K                    JPN 1832  -38 -53 +40 =54 -64 =65 -49 -60 +70 +58 -47  4.0  2028 
60. Edwin, Lam                    MAS 1983  -42 -34 -57 +70 -50 -66 =67 +59 =61 +62 -45  4.0  1973 
61. Wan Khye Theng                MAS 1911  -25 =58 -64 +68 -62 =49 =66 -50 =60 +70 -43  4.0  2021 
62. Wang Xinyue                   CHN 1978  -20 -54 +69 =53 +61 -15 -41 -35 =52 -60 +70  4.0  2017 
63. Chan Tze Wei                  MAS 2039  -33 -50 +70 -49 +66 -44 +58 -42 -51 +67 -52  4.0  2063 
64. Mendoza, Beverly           wm PHI 2140  -24 =56 +61 -38 +59 -30 =55 =57 -46 -51 -58  3.5  2028 
65. Rizal, Ahmad Kamal            MAS 2079  -13 =45 -28 -48 +69 =59 -42 +58 -50 -56 =67  3.5  2017 
66. Lim Kian Hwa                  MAS 2106  -19 -39 +67 -31 -63 +60 =61 -40 -48 -68 +69  3.5  1947 
67. Aw Wai Onn                    MAS 1920  -26 -18 -66 -69 +70 -40 =60 =52 +68 -63 =65  3.5  1946 
68. Goh, Benjamin                 SIN 2035  -17 -31 =52 -61 -56 =69 +70 -47 -67 +66 -55  3.0  1898 
69. Lu,David                      HKG ----  -30 -51 -62 +67 -65 =68 -57 +70 -58 -52 -66  2.5  1868 
70. Malcampo,Crisfer              PHI ----  -21 -29 -63 -60 -67 -52 -68 -69 -59 -61 -62  0.0       
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10) Caissa August IM II

The 2nd Caissa IM August tournament took place 20th-28th August 2005. Amadeus Eisenbeiser won the event with 9.5/12 and an IM norm. Richird Keresztes and Alexander Staib won the FM and Junior groups respectively. News: Csaba Bognar and Aniko Toth.

Next events, 17-26-09-2005, 15-24-10-2005... IM round robin and/or FM tmt, more info http://www.caissachessbooks.com Dr. Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu

Caissa IM August II Kecskemet HUN (HUN), 20-28 viii 2005
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                                    1  2  3  4  5  6  7 
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1 Eisenbeiser, Amadeus  f GER 2318 ** == == 1= 11 11 11  9.5  2468
2 Kragelj, Igor         f SLO 2230 == ** 10 =1 == 1= =1  7.5  2347
3 Sutorikhin, Vladimir  m RUS 2370 == 01 ** == == =1 11  7.5  2324
4 Bjerring, Kai         m DEN 2309 0= =0 == ** == == 11  6.0  2239
5 Erdelyi, Tamas        m HUN 2278 00 == == == ** 01 10  5.0  2187
6 Vasvari, Tamas          HUN 2203 00 0= =0 == 10 ** 1=  4.5  2170
7 Knudsen, Jes West       DEN 2038 00 =0 00 00 01 0= **  2.0  2011
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FM Group
 1  Keresztes, Richard           2232  HUN    7    2272  2042    0,25  28,00
 2  Krasnopeev, Petr             0     RUS    7    2259  2066    2     27,25
 3  Oldenhuis, Lance             2004  NED    6    2232  2074    2,2   20,00
 4  Donko, Matyas            FM  2040  HUN    5    2119  2069    0,78  23,00
 5  Lovas, Daniel                2170  HUN    5    2051  2051   -1,12  20,00
 6  Eisenbeiser, Karlhe          2067  GER    4,5  2065  2065    0     16,00
 7  Zsiros, Laszlo               2063  HUN    3    1964  2066   -1     12,25
 8  Braun, Joachim               0     GER    3    1979  2066    1979   9,25
 9  Braun, Ruediger-Thomas       1999  GER    3    1973  2075    -0,3   9,25
10  Csavajda, Peter              1950  HUN    1,5  1852  2082    -0,74  6,50

11) VI Obert d'Escacs International

The VI Obert d'Escacs International 'Ciutat de Tarragona' took place 20th-28th August 2005. Artur Kogan won the event with 7.5/9. Games from the final round not available.

Official site: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org/

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VI Open Tarragona ESP (ESP), 20-28 viii 2005
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 1. Kogan, Artur                    g  ISR 2580 7½  51½  55½
 2. Dzhumaev, Marat                 g  UZB 2531 7   51½  55½
 3. Krivoshey, Sergei               m  UKR 2500 7   51   55
 4. Delchev, Aleksander             g  BUL 2656 7   50½  55
 5. Oratovsky, Michael              g  ISR 2529 7   50½  55
 6. Abergel, Thal                   m  FRA 2446 7   48   52
 7. Munoz Pantoja, Miguel           m  PER 2474 7   43   47½
 8. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas             g  KAZ 2619 6½  48½  53
 9. Guidarelli, Laurent             m  FRA 2458 6½  48   51½
10. Katzir, Moshe                      ISR 2202 6½  46   49½
11. Perpinya Rofes, Lluis Maria     f  ESP 2381 6½  44   47½
12. Midoux, Sebastien                  FRA 2300 6   48   52½
13. Zagrebelny, Sergey              g  UZB 2510 6   47   52
14. Movsziszian, Karen              g  ARM 2439 6   47   51½
15. Chabanon, Jean-Luc              g  FRA 2426 6   47   50½
16. Vilela, Jose Luis               m  CUB 2394 6   46   50
17. Zurano Lopez, Pedro                ESP 2253 6   44   47½
18. Djingarova, Emilia              wg BUL 2277 6   44   47½
19. Lymar, Irina                    wg UKR 2316 6   43½  47
20. Shoker, Samy                    f  FRA 2319 6   43   47½
21. Peric, Slavisa                  m  SCG 2280 6   42½  47
22. Farran Martos Francesc             ESP 2123 6   42   45
123 players

12) V Vila de Marin Open

The V Aberto Internacional de Xadrez Vila de Marin Marin (Pontevedra) took place 21st-29th Augusts 2005. Holden Hernandez won the event with 7.5/9 a point clear of the field.

Official site: http://usuarios.lycos.es/perezcarnerogaspar/

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V Open Vila de Marin ESP (ESP), 21-29 viii 2005
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 1. Hernandez, Holden               m  CUB 2458  7.5    41.5  52.5   40.0
 2. Petkov, Vladimir                m  BUL 2475  6.5    41.0  53.0   34.5
 3. Manolache, Marius               m  ROM 2462  6.5    39.5  51.5   34.0
 4. Dimitrov, Vladimir              g  BUL 2418  6.5    39.0  48.5   33.5
 5. Sande Edreira, Jose Antonio     f  ESP 2264  6.5    37.5  49.0   31.5
 6. Astaneh Lopez, Alex                IRL 2304  6      40.5  51.5   34.5
 7. Iotov, Valentin                 m  BUL 2447  6      38.0  48.0   32.0
 8. Nanu, Ciprian-Costica           m  ROM 2434  6      38.0  47.5   30.5
 9. Sanchez Aller, Fernando            ESP 2261  6      35.5  45.5   31.0
10. Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael         m  ESP 2230  6      33.5  42.5   30.0
11. Danilov, Ilie Vladimir          f  ROM 2363  5.5    40.5  51.0   33.0
12. Garcia Castro, Pablo            f  ESP 2377  5.5    40.0  52.5   32.0
13. Diaz Nunez, Adolfo                 ESP 2205  5.5    39.5  49.0   31.0
14. Huerga Leache, Mikel               ESP 2176  5.5    37.5  47.0   28.5
15. Perez Fungueiro, Manuel A          ESP 2300  5.5    36.5  46.0   30.5
16. Garcia Carbo, Marcial           f  ESP 2355  5.5    34.0  44.0   30.0
17. Sanchez Juncal, Benito             ESP 2221  5.5    34.0  43.5   28.0
18. Vega Gomez, Francisco B            ESP 1983  5.5    33.0  42.0   26.5
19. Quidiello, Rogelio                 ESP 2149  5.5    31.5  41.5   26.5
20. Gonzalez Roca, Pablo               ESP 1861  5.5    28.0  36.0   20.0
60 players

13) VII Sants Open

The VII Sants Open in Barcelona took place 27th August - 4th September 2005. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won the 10 round swiss with 8.5/10 half a point clear of the field.

Further details: http://www.cotxeres.org/open2005 This tournament is part of the Catalan Grand Prix http://www.fcde.org/circuit/oberts.html

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VII Sants Open Barcelona ESP (ESP), 27 viii-4 vii 2005
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  1. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter         g  ROM 2679  8,5
  2. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad            g  QAT 2570  8,0
  3. Parligras, Mircea               g  ROM 2571  8,0
  4. Zhu Chen                        g  CHN 2494  8,0
  5. Purnama, Tirta Chandra             INA 2337  8,0
  6. Gonzalez Garcia, Jose           m  MEX 2478  7,5
  7. Handke, Florian                 g  GER 2460  7,5
  8. Peralta, Fernando               g  ARG 2553  7,5
  9. Grigore, George-Gabriel         g  ROM 2479  7,5
 10. Megaranto, Susanto              g  INA 2499  7,5
 11. Al Sayed, Mohamad N             m  QAT 2478  7,5
 12. Matnadze, Ana                   wg GEO 2389  7,5
 13. Fluvia, Jordi                      ESP 2443  7,5
 14. Barrientos, Sergio              f  COL 2433  7,5
 15. Marin, Mihail                   g  ROM 2537  7,0
 16. Zude, Erik                      f  GER 2424  7,0
 17. Moskalenko, Viktor              g  UKR 2534  7,0
 18. Escobar Forero, Alder           m  COL 2416  7,0
 19. Narciso Dublan, Marc            g  ESP 2476  7,0
 20. Borges Mateos, Juan             g  CUB 2467  7,0
 21. Halay, Taufik                   f  INA 2320  7,0
 22. Almeida, Omar                   m  CUB 2462  7,0
 23. Koskinen, Henri                 f  FIN 2296  7,0
 24. Lopez Gracia, Fernando          f  ESP 2323  7,0
 25. Gonzalez, Yuri                  m  CUB 2495  7,0
 26. Ledger, Andrew                  m  ENG 2438  7,0
 27. Hernando Rodrigo, Julio A          ESP 2371  7,0
 28. Alsina Leal, Daniel                ESP 2322  7,0
 29. Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria    m  ESP 2351  7,0
 30. Gabrielsen, Trond                  NOR 2243  7,0
 31. Zagrebelny, Sergey              g  UZB 2510  7,0
 32. Relea, Nicolas                 	FRA 2090  7,0
 33. Fernandez Aguado, Enrique       f  ESP 2356  7,0
 34. Yeo, Michael J                     ENG 2200  7,0
 35. Losada Cabrera, Francisco Javier   ESP 2194  7,0
318 players

14) Semi-final of the Iranian Championship

The semi-final of the Iranian Championship took place in Tehran from 3rd-11th August 2005 in Iranian Chess palace building, 38 players competed in a 9 round Swiss with FIDE standard tie break, The 10 best players will participate in Iranian Championship final with 2 Iranian GM's 10th-20th September. (FM Darban won the competition with 7 points.)

Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm

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ch-IRI Semi-Final Tehran IRI (IRI), 3-11 viii 2005
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                                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
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 1. Darban, Morteza          f  IRI 2397  +15 +30 +10 + 3 = 2 = 6 +11 = 5 = 4  7.0  2514 
 2. Mahjoob, Morteza         m  IRI 2442  +36 = 9 +23 +14 = 1 +17 = 6 = 4 = 5  6.5  2428 
 3. Ghorbani, Mohsen         m  IRI 2340  +33 +21 + 8 - 1 - 9 +13 =15 = 6 +16  6.0  2347 
 4. Mohajerin, Payman        f  IRI 2334  -30 +15 =21 +28 +18 =14 +17 = 2 = 1  6.0  2355 
 5. Sharbaf, Mohsen          f  IRI 2346  +32 =14 -18 +21 = 8 +26 + 9 = 1 = 2  6.0  2379 
 6. Ardeshi, Mehrdad         f  IRI 2265  +29 =28 +35 = 9 +19 = 1 = 2 = 3 = 7  6.0  2379 
 7. Doostkam, P                 IRI 2250  =31 -34 -27 +38 +28 +30 +14 +10 = 6  6.0  2318 
 8. Soozankar, A.M              IRI 2251  +16 +24 - 3 =10 = 5 =19 +23 =15 =13  5.5  2316 
 9. Mahmoody, M. Sadegh         IRI 2228  +25 = 2 +34 = 6 + 3 -11 - 5 +14 =12  5.5  2331 
10. Khaghani, Mehdi             IRI 2311  +13 +17 - 1 = 8 -14 +21 +22 - 7 +15  5.5  2292 
11. Mahdavirad, Mehdi           IRI 2228  +22 =18 -14 +34 +27 + 9 - 1 -12 +23  5.5  2298 
12. Ghane, Shojaat           m  IRI 2375  -21 +33 +28 -17 -13 +24 +31 +11 = 9  5.5  2252 
13. Toufighi, Homayoon          IRI 2170  -10 =27 +38 =20 +12 - 3 +26 +19 = 8  5.5  2375 
14. Rafiei, A                   IRI 2174  +19 = 5 +11 - 2 +10 = 4 - 7 - 9 +26  5.0  2346 
15. Momeni, E                   IRI 2198  - 1 - 4 +29 +24 +31 +27 = 3 = 8 -10  5.0  2300 
16. Darini, Pouria              IRI 2110  - 8 -37 +33 +32 =30 +20 =19 +17 - 3  5.0  2283 
17. Asgari, Morteza             IRI 2182  +27 -10 +20 +12 +26 - 2 - 4 -16 =19  4.5  2304 
18. Golizadeh, Asghar           IRI 2145  +37 =11 + 5 -19 - 4 -23 =24 +31 =20  4.5  2240 
19. Mohandesi, Shahin        m  IRI 2325  -14 +32 +30 +18 - 6 = 8 =16 -13 =17  4.5  2185 
20. Banirashid, Saeid           IRI 2242  -24 +25 -17 =13 +34 -16 +28 =22 =18  4.5  2116 
21. Ahmadinia, E                IRI 2195  +12 - 3 = 4 - 5 +35 -10 +34 -26 +29  4.5  2236 
22. Khademi, Mohammad Miran     IRI 2092  -11 +36 +37 -26 =23 +29 -10 =20 =27  4.5  2247 
23. Afshari, Mohammadreza       IRI 2226  =34 +38 - 2 =31 =22 +18 - 8 +27 -11  4.5  2201 
24. Ghorbani, Hadi              IRI 2100  +20 - 8 -26 -15 +38 -12 =18 +33 +28  4.5  2227 
25. Lamei, Hossein              IRI 2091  - 9 -20 -32 -33 +36 +37 =29 +30 +31  4.5  2195 
26. Ryahi, Naser                IRI 2269  -28 +29 +24 +22 -17 - 5 -13 +21 -14  4.0  2131 
27. Mohammadi, H.R              IRI 2328  -17 =13 + 7 +35 -11 -15 +30 -23 =22  4.0  2127 
28. Noroozi, Omid               IRI 2157  +26 = 6 -12 - 4 - 7 +35 -20 +34 -24  3.5  2123 
29. Sepehrkhoui, Ardeshir       IRI 2152  - 6 -26 -15 +36 +37 -22 =25 +32 -21  3.5  2116 
30. Peirovoulia, Mahmoud        IRI 2184  + 4 - 1 -19 +37 =16 - 7 -27 -25 =32  3.0  2128 
31. Mirzajani, Reza             IRI 2102  = 7 -35 +36 =23 -15 +33 -12 -18 -25  3.0  2062 
32. Asadi, Sadegh               IRI 2190  - 5 -19 +25 -16 =33 -34 +35 -29 =30  3.0  2030 
33. Moghaddamian, A             IRI 2189  - 3 -12 -16 +25 =32 -31 +36 -24 =35  3.0  2043 
34. Jooyandeh,Hassan            IRI ----  =23 + 7 - 9 -11 -20 +32 -21 -28 -36  2.5  2048 
35. Sheibani,S                  IRI ----  =38 +31 - 6 -27 -21 -28 -32 =36 =33  2.5  2040 
36. Sheikhi, Mohammad           IRI 2211  - 2 -22 -31 -29 -25 +38 -33 =35 +34  2.5  1977 
37. Rezai, Iraj                 IRI 2259  -18 +16 -22 -30 -29 -25 +38  .   .   2.0  1984 
38. Vahidi, Mohammad            IRI 2222  =35 -23 -13 - 7 -24 -36 -37  .   .   0.5  1751 
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15) First Saturday September

The September First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments take place 3rd-13th September 2005 in Budapest.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

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FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ix 2005           cat. VI (2397)
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 1. Fogarasi, Tibor       g HUN 2490  * . . . . . . . . . . 1  1.0       
 2. Le Quang Liem         f VIE 2326  . * . . . . . . 1 . . .  1.0       
 3. Paschall, William M   m USA 2399  . . * . . . . . . . 1 .  1.0       
 4. Szabo, Krisztian      m HUN 2422  . . . * . . . . . 1 . .  1.0       
 5. Czebe, Attila         g HUN 2494  . . . . * = . . . . . .  0.5  2415 
 6. Pilgaard, Kim         m DEN 2415  . . . . = * . . . . . .  0.5  2494 
 7. Reiss, Tibor          m HUN 2397  . . . . . . * = . . . .  0.5  2331 
 8. Prohaszka, Peter2       HUN 2331  . . . . . . = * . . . .  0.5  2397 
 9. Bergez, Luc           m FRA 2353  . 0 . . . . . . * . . .  0.0       
10. Pitl, Gregory         f GER 2332  . . . 0 . . . . . * . .  0.0       
11. Sakelsek, Tadej       m SLO 2390  . . 0 . . . . . . . * .  0.0       
12. Collins, Sam E IRL    m IRL 2413  0 . . . . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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FSIMA September Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ix 2005        cat. II (2293)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Gerard, Nicolas        f FRA 2295  * . . . . . . 1 . .  1.0       
 2. Hoang Thi Bao Tram    wm VIE 2267  . * . . . . . . 1 .  1.0       
 3. Petran, Pal            m HUN 2416  . . * . . . 1 . . .  1.0       
 4. Woodward, Timothy DM   f ENG 2313  . . . * . . . . . 1  1.0       
 5. Bernard, Jacques         FRA 2252  . . . . * = . . . .  0.5  2451 
 6. Jakab, Attila          m HUN 2451  . . . . = * . . . .  0.5  2252 
 7. Harila, Per              SWE 2144  . . 0 . . . * . . .  0.0       
 8. Mihok, Oliver            HUN 2157  0 . . . . . . * . .  0.0       
 9. Werner, Dimo           m GER 2369  . 0 . . . . . . * .  0.0       
10. Fodor, Tamas jr        f HUN 2262  . . . 0 . . . . . *  0.0       
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                                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Farago, Sandor        m HUN 2284  * . . . . . . . 1 .  1.0       
 2. Vasilkova, Svetlana  wm RUS 2308  . * . . . . . . . 1  1.0       
 3. Brustkern, Juergen    f GER 2250  . . * = . . . . . .  0.5  2185 
 4. Bulthaupt, Freerk       GER 2185  . . = * . . . . . .  0.5  2250 
 5. Kahn, Evarth          m HUN 2307  . . . . * = . . . .  0.5  2284 
 6. Lengyel, Bela         m HUN 2284  . . . . = * . . . .  0.5  2307 
 7. Hardarson, Robert     f ISL 2361  . . . . . . * ? . .  0.0       
 8. Stupavski, Zdenko     f SCG 2337  . . . . . . ? * . .  0.0       
 9. Mihok, Laszlo         f HUN 2201  0 . . . . . . . * .  0.0       
10. Pirisi, Gabor         m HUN 2294  . 0 . . . . . . . *  0.0       
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16) Coulsdon "Premiership" International

FIDE Master John Cox achieved the final norm he needs to be ratified as an International Chess Master making 7/9 at the Coulsdon "Premiership" International 29th August - 2nd September 2005. The tournament is the first of what we hope will be many international events staged at Coulsdon and provided Coulsdon's Marcus Osborne with his free shot at a norm chance following his success in the 2004-5 Winter Club FIDE Rated Premiership. News: Scott Freeman. PGN Keith Selby.

Further details: http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2005-09-02_International.htm

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Premiership International Coulsdon ENG (ENG), 29 viii-2 ix 2005cat. IV (2332)
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                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Cox, John J              f ENG 2385  * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1  7.0  2545 
 2. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian   m ROM 2418  = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 0  6.0  2447 
 3. Buckley, Graeme          m ENG 2391  0 1 * = 1 = 1 0 1 1  6.0  2450 
 4. Szuhanek, Ranko          m ROM 2444  = = = * = = = 1 = 1  5.5  2399 
 5. Sowray, Peter J          f ENG 2364  = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1  5.0  2371 
 6. Snape, Ian                 ENG 2267  0 0 = = = * = = 1 1  4.5  2339 
 7. Deutsch, Eyal            f ISR 2374  = 0 0 = = = * 1 = =  4.0  2284 
 8. Osborne, Marcus E          ENG 2202  0 0 1 0 0 = 0 * = 1  3.0  2221 
 9. Bigg, Andrew J             ENG 2277  0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1  2.5  2171 
10. Tavoularis, Nicholas       GRE 2196  0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 *  1.5  2073 
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17) 4th Lahijan Open

The 4th Lahijan Open took place 27th August - 2nd September 2005. Gadir Guseinov won the event and there was a GM norm for Nijat Mamedov, and IM norms for Nasri & Melkomian. Competitors from 5 countries took which was held in Azad University Hall in Lahjan city. The event was held under the name of Koloocheh Noosheen and featured 5GMs, 13 IMs, 5 FMs and 1 WIM, 83 rated players and 238 players in total. The players represented Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan and France. News: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.

Further details: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm and http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2584&lan=1

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4th Open Lahijan IRI (IRI), 24 viii-3 ix 2005
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 1. Galstian, Beniamin       m  ARM 2460  9.0  808.0  2537
 2. Guseinov, Gadir          g  AZE 2585  9.0  789.5  2603
 3. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan     g  IRI 2603  8.5  805.0  2485
 4. Ibrahimov, Rasul         m  AZE 2525  8.5  796.5  2431
 5. Babaev, Rashad           m  AZE 2449  8.5  795.5  2409
 6. Mamedov, Rauf            g  AZE 2521  8.5  793.5  2486
 7. Mahjoob, Morteza         m  IRI 2442  8.5  755.5  2407
 8. Pashikian, Arman         m  ARM 2442  8.5  755.0  2447
 9. Mamedov, Nidjat          m  AZE 2463  8.5  754.5  2593
10. Melkumyan, Hrant            ARM 2335  8.0  800.0  2395
11. Nasri, Amin                 IRI 2212  8.0  786.5  2432
12. Moosavian, S.Hamed          IRI 2239  8.0  766.5  2254
13. Abbasov, Farid           m  AZE 2451  8.0  754.0  2447
14. Abedi, Ali                  IRI 2221  8.0  753.0  2229
15. Guseinov, Elmir             AZE 2373  8.0  751.0  2378
16. Pourkashiyan, Atousa     wm IRI 2261  8.0  736.0  2262
17. Abdullaev, Makhish          AZE 2255  7.5  763.0  2180
18. Ardeshi, Mehrdad         f  IRI 2265  7.5  762.0  2254
19. Soozankar, A.M              IRI 2251  7.5  744.5  2064
20. Khaghani, Babak             IRI 2243  7.5  740.0  2052
21. Darban, Morteza          f  IRI 2397  7.5  730.5  2189
22. Guliev, Logman           m  AZE 2401  7.5  704.0  2362
23. Siadat,Naser                IRI ----  7.5  693.5  2245
24. Khajavi, Armin              IRI ----  7.5  668.5  2049
25. Nazari, Sattar              IRI 2164  7.5  660.5  1986
26. Petrosian, Davit G       m  ARM 2363  7.0  779.5  2278
238 players

18) US Chess League

The United States Chess League sees 8 of the strongest cities in the US compete with each other in front of a live Internet audience on ICC.

Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com/

Week 1 31st August 2005
Boston Blitz 2
New York Knights - 2

Miami Sharks 2.5 
Baltimore Kingfishers - 1.5

Philadelphia Masterminds 2.5
Dallas Destiny - 1.5

Carolina Cobras - 2 
San Francisco Mechanics - 2

Week 2 6th September 2005

Philadelphia vs Boston
Baltimore vs New York
Miami vs Carolina
San Francisco vs Dallas

19) Vladimir Open

The Vladimir Open took place 17th-25th August 2005. Denis Khismatullin won the event. Couldn't find any games.

Further details in Russian: http://www.vladchess.ru

 1. 2   Khismatullin, Denis               g   RUS  2583 8.5 61.0 51.25 46.5 2751 +1.80    
 2. 22  Tunik, Gennady                    g   RUS  2446 7.0 61.5 41.50 44.0 2593 +2.00    
    4   Zontakh, Andrey                   g   UKR  2535 7.0 61.5 42.25 40.0 2599 +0.80    
    9   Frolyanov, Dmitry                 m   RUS  2512 7.0 60.5 39.25 41.5 2618 +1.40    
    3   Kornev, Alexei                    g   RUS  2560 7.0 58.5 38.50 40.0 2585 +0.30    
 6. 31  Yudin, Sergei                     f   RUS  2417 6.5 60.5 36.75 41.5 2582 +2.30    
    13  Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav          g   RUS  2501 6.5 60.0 37.50 39.0 2537 +0.50    
    19  Gavrilov, Alexei                  m   RUS  2464 6.5 58.0 35.50 37.0 2534 +0.90    
    25  Skatchkov, Pavel                  m   RUS  2443 6.5 57.0 35.75 36.0 2534 +1.20    
     6  Shaposhnikov, Evgeny              g   RUS  2533 6.5 57.0 37.75 35.5 2504 -0.40    
    16  Chuprov, Dmitry                   m   RUS  2477 6.5 56.0 33.25 38.0 2539 +0.80    
     5  Novikov, Stanislav                g   RUS  2534 6.5 55.5 35.25 34.5 2514 -0.30    
     7  Iljushin, Alexei                  g   RUS  2531 6.5 54.5 33.75 34.5 2524 -0.10    
    39  Akimov, Ivan                      f   RUS  2390 6.5 53.0 28.25 33.0 2522 +1.63
    12  Tihonov, Jurij                    m   BLR  2503 6.5 52.0 33.00 36.0 2509 +0.10    
86 players

20) 14th Kavala Open

The 14th Kavala Open Tournament took place in the Foyer of Kavala Prefecture Amphitheatre 12th-19th August 2005. Suat Atalik took first place on tie-break ahead of Eduardas Rozentalis and Spyridon Skembris.

Official site: http://www.chesskavala.gr

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14th Open Kavala GRE (GRE), 12-19 viii 2005
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Rnk SNo.  Name                          FED Rtg   Pts   Fide   BH
  1   4   Atalik Suat                g  BIH 2561  7½    42     56½
  2   2   Rozentalis Eduardas        g  LTU 2567  7½    40     55
  3  20   Skembris Spyridon          g  GRE 2436  7½    38½    54½
  4   6   Halkias Stelios            g  GRE 2548  7     39½    58½
  5  14   Marjanovic Slavoljub       g  SCG 2484  7     39½    58
  6   7   Vajda Levente              g  ROM 2541  7     38½    56
  7   5   Banikas Hristos            g  GRE 2548  7     38     54½
  8  16   Aroshidze Levan            m  GEO 2463  7     38     57
  9  21   Sitnikov Anton             f  UKR 2429  7     37½    54½
 10  13   Mastrovasilis Athanasios   g  GRE 2495  7     37½    53
 11  28   Kozhuharov Spas               BUL 2391  7     37     53
 12  23   Drenchev Petar                BUL 2412  7     36½    49
 13   9   Nikolaidis Ioannis         g  GRE 2522  7     36½    50
 14   1   Kotronias Vasilios         g  GRE 2587  7     36     52
 15  11   Antic Dejan                g  SCG 2512  7     35½    50
 16  41   Ramiro Ovejero Juan Luis      ESP 2298  7     32½    45½
 17  35   Mastrokoukos Georgios      m  GRE 2345  7     32     45
 18  10   Svetushkin Dmitry          g  MDA 2514  6½    37½    54
 19   3   Mastrovasilis Dimitrios    g  GRE 2563  6½    36½    53
 20   8   Dzhumaev Marat             g  UZB 2531  6½    35½    53
 21  19   Managadze Nikoloz          m  GEO 2440  6½    35     51½
 22  42   Botsari Anna-Maria         wg GRE 2297  6½    33     47½
 23  24   Velickovic Sasa            m  SCG 2408  6½    32½    48½
 24  29   Karayannis Athanasios      m  GRE 2387  6     36     52
 25  26   Grigorov Grigor               BUL 2400  6     35½    54½
 26  12   Kallio Heikki              g  FIN 2507  6     35½    52½
 27  15   Mateuta Gabriel            m  ROM 2465  6     35½    50½
 28  27   Stamenkov Vanco            m  MKD 2391  6     35     49½
 29  22   Marholev Dimitar           m  BUL 2423  6     34     52
 30  18   Berescu Alin               m  ROM 2445  6     34     50
 31  36   Palekha Alexey             m  UKR 2345  6     34     51½
 32  57   Simeonidis Ioannis            GRE 2246  6     33½    49½
 33  30   Kiss Pal                   m  HUN 2386  6     33½    53
 34  38   Hadzimanolis Antonios      f  GRE 2317  6     33     48½
 35  17   Stanojoski Zvonko          g  MKD 2458  6     33     48
 36  55   Logothetis Sotirios           GRE 2247  6     33     50½
 37  31   Shavtvaladze Nikoloz       m  GEO 2371  6     32½    52½
 38  73   Himaras Stefanos              GRE 2155  6     32     50½
 39  46   Fakhiridou Ekaterini       wm GRE 2272  6     32     49½
 40  50   Karlovich Anastazia        wg UKR 2258  6     32     47½
 41  59   Burtasova Anna             wm RUS 2239  6     32     49
 42  67   Stiri Alexandra               GRE 2201  6     31½    45½
 43  33   Kotrotsos Vasilios         f  GRE 2356  6     31     49
 44  39   Tsilidis Alexandros           GRE 2314  6     30½    45½
 45  82   Panagiotopolous Alexandros    GRE 2137  6     30     46
 46  86   Stoumbos Konstantinos         GRE 2114  6     30     42½
 47  53   Tsekouras Theodoros           GRE 2256  6     30     43
 48  60   Papadopoulos I                GRE 2233  6     30     46½
 49  85   Pavlidis Anastasios           GRE 2127  6     29     44½
 50  63   Tassopoulos Marios            GRE 2220  6     29     45
 51  49   Aftsoglou Ioannis             GRE 2261  6     29     45
 52  58   Makka Ioulia               wm GRE 2243  6     28½    41½
 53  87   Kokolias Konstantinos         GRE 2106  6     27     44½
 54  96   Kakkanas Evangelos            GRE 2085  6     26     41½

21) XXII Abierto Internacional de Collado Villalba

The XXII Abierto Internacional de Collado Villalba 20th-28th August 2005. I'll wait to round the games up for all rounds when they become available.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezcolladovillalba.com/

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XXII Open Collado Villalba ESP (ESP), 20-28 viii 2005
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  1    Timoshenko, Georgy (1)                   7.5      39.0    50.5  55.0
  2    Neelotpal, Das (5)                       7.0      38.5    49.5  54.0
  3    Vázquez Igarza, Renier (4)               7.0      38.0    48.0  53.0
  4    Moreno Ruiz, Javier (3)                  7.0      37.0    48.5  51.5
  5    Suba, Mihai (2)                          7.0      34.5    46.5  50.5
  6    Rivas Pastor, Manuel (7)                 6.5      37.0    48.5  53.0
  7    Martín Rueda, Daniel (23)                6.5      34.5    46.0  49.5
  8    González Menéndez, Iván (13)             6.5      34.0    43.0  46.0
  9    Elissalt Cárdenas, Héctor (20)           6.5      33.0    47.5  50.5
  10   Minzer, Claudio Javier (10)              6.5      33.0    45.5  49.5
  11   Zambrana, Osvaldo (11)                   6.5      32.5    42.0  45.0
  12   Saldaño Dayer, Horacio (6)               6.5      29.0    38.5  42.0
  13   Moreno Carrascosa, Bartolomé (28)        6.5      28.0    36.0  39.5
  14   Mateo, Ramón (9)                         6.0      35.5    49.0  52.5
  15   Caruana, Fabiano (14)                    6.0      35.5    47.5  50.0
  16   Pogorelov, Ruslan (8)                    6.0      32.0    44.5  48.5
  17   Bruned, Yvain (17)                       6.0      32.0    46.0  49.0
  18   Alonso Fernández, Marcos (31)            6.0      32.0    43.5  46.0
  19   Andrés González, Iván (21)               6.0      31.5    42.5  46.0
  20   Kalashnikov Shamshorin, Alexei (30)      6.0      29.5    41.0  44.5
  21   García Paolicchi, Raúl (25)              6.0      29.0    39.5  43.0
  22   Pérez González, José Manuel (24)         5.5      32.0    44.5  47.5
  23   Cruz Condori, Alfredo (22)               5.5      31.0    42.5  45.5
  24   Bruned, Boris (32)                       5.5      30.5    40.5  43.0
  25   Pastor Alonso de Prado, Alberto (34)     5.5      30.5    41.5  45.0
  26   Longa Yauca, Javier (18)                 5.5      30.0    44.5  49.0
  27   de la Fuente González, Francisco (36)    5.5      29.5    39.5  43.0
  28   Guerrero Villanueva, David (102)         5.5      29.0    42.5  47.0
  29   Semprún Martínez, Fernando (35)          5.5      28.0    40.5  44.0
  30   Ruiz Sáiz, Agustín (26)                  5.5      27.5    41.0  44.5
  31   Rodríguez Cordón, Luis José (27)         5.5      27.5    36.5  39.0
  32   San Juan Rodríguez, Miguel (44)          5.5      26.5    38.5  42.5
  33   Salgado López, Óscar (39)                5.5      26.0    38.0  41.5
  34   Rubio Mejía, Luis Ignacio (80)           5.5      25.5    40.0  43.5
  35   Paradinas Sáenz de Viteri, Juan (111)    5.5      23.0    36.5  39.5
  130 players

22) Bratto Open

The 25th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" took place in Bratto (Italy), 20-28 August 2005. Vladimir Epishin took first place on tie-break from Miso Cebalo with 7/9.

Official Internet coverage: http://www.scaccobratto.com/2005.shtml

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25th Open Bratto ITA (ITA), 20-28 viii 2005
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 1. Epishin, Vladimir       g  RUS 2600  7.0   48.0           
 2. Cebalo, Miso            g  CRO 2511  7.0   46.5           
 3. Khenkin, Igor           g  GER 2610  6.5   49.0           
 4. Drasko, Milan           g  SCG 2516  6.5   48.5           
 5. Atalik, Suat            g  BIH 2561  6.5   47.5           
 6. Godena, Michele         g  ITA 2522  6.5   47.0           
 7. Iordachescu, Viorel     g  MDA 2606  6.5   46.5  4.5      
 8. Jones, Gawain C         m  ENG 2442  6.5   46.5  4.0      
 9. Palac, Mladen           g  CRO 2566  6.5   45.5  4.0      
10. Borgo, Giulio           m  ITA 2380  6.5   45.5  3.5      
11. Lalic, Bogdan           g  CRO 2491  6.5   44.0           
12. Drazic, Sinisa          g  SCG 2497  6.5   43.5           
13. Dervishi, Erald         g  ALB 2482  6.0   49.0           
14. Maiorov, Nikita         m  BLR 2453  6.0   47.0           
15. Groszpeter, Attila      g  HUN 2525  6.0   46.5           
16. Bellia, Fabrizio        m  ITA 2375  6.0   46.0           
17. Sanchez, Joseph         m  PHI 2452  6.0   43.5           
18. Hunt, Adam              m  ENG 2427  6.0   43.0  4.5      
19. Shytaj, Luca            f  ITA 2395  6.0   43.0  4.0     5
20. Vezzosi, Paolo          m  ITA 2380  6.0   43.0  4.0     4
21. Contin, Daniel          m  ITA 2393  6.0   42.5           
22. Salvador, Roland        f  PHI 2416  6.0   41.5           
23. Sedina, Elena           m  ITA 2402  6.0   40.5           
24. Sax, Gyula              g  HUN 2568  6.0   38.5           
25. Rendle, Thomas          f  ENG 2358  6.0   38.0           
134 players

23) 49th Spanish Teams

The final phase takes place 9th-11th September 2005 when the winners in Merida and Division of Honor - Group II (Menorca) Teams: REVERTE ALBOX INSULAR BOX A EBORAJEDREZ C.A. MARCOTE VALENCIA CRADLES CHESS. Games from the Merida Phase now available.

Official site: http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/

Menorca Final Standings:
R Team                                     1   2  3  4  5 Pt T/B
1 C.A. Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería      *  1½  3½ 3½ 5  6   
2 A.D. Eborajedrez                         4½  *  3  2½ 3½ 5 13½ 
3 C.A. Marcote                             2½  3  *  3½ 4  5 13 
4 C.A. Valencia Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno   2½  3½ 2½ *  4½ 4   
5 C.A. Caja Insular de Ahorros de Canarias 1   2½ 2  1½ *  0   

24) BDO Haarlem

The BDO Haarlem Masters and Challengers events took place 27th August - 4th September 2005. Nona Garpindashvili took clear first in the category IV main event. Games from the final round not currently available.

Official site: http://www.hwphaarlem.org/bdo/

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BDO Masters Haarlem NED (NED), 27 viii-4 ix 2005        cat. IV (2342)
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Gaprindashvili, Nona    g GEO 2318  * = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  6.5  2510 
 2. Jonkman, Harmen         g NED 2454  = * 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 =  6.0  2454 
 3. Abeln, Michiel          f NED 2355  1 0 * = 1 0 = 1 = 1  5.5  2420 
 4. Balint, Andras          f HUN 2293  1 0 = * 0 1 1 0 = 1  5.0  2389 
 5. Nikolic, Nebojsa BIH    m BIH 2380  0 = 0 1 * 1 = 1 = =  5.0  2380 
 6. Afek, Yochanan          m ISR 2389  0 1 1 0 0 * 1 = = 1  5.0  2379 
 7. Ris, Robert               NED 2337  0 = = 0 = 0 * = 1 =  3.5  2262 
 8. Michielsen, Joost         NED 2320  0 0 0 1 0 = = * = 1  3.5  2263 
 9. Hartoch, Rob            m NED 2272  0 0 = = = = 0 = * 0  2.5  2183 
10. Strating, Sybolt        f NED 2297  0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 *  2.5  2180 
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BDO Challengers Haarlem NED (NED), 27 viii-4 ix 2005
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                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
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 1. Van Ketel, Raoul         NED 2271  * = 1 1 = 1 = = = 1  6.5  2352 
 2. Langedijk, Ardjan        NED 2219  = * = = = = 1 1 1 1  6.5  2358 
 3. Merbis, Max              NED 2136  0 = * = 1 0 1 1 = 1  5.5  2281 
 4. Van Nies, Pauline        NED 2074  0 = = * = 1 = = 1 =  5.0  2251 
 5. Dek, Lennart             NED 2203  = = 0 = * = = = 1 1  5.0  2236 
 6. In't Veld, Daan          NED 2056  0 = 1 0 = * = 0 1 1  4.5  2210 
 7. De Roda Husman, Juan     NED 2238  = 0 0 = = = * 1 1 0  4.0  2147 
 8. Gijswijt, Bart           NED 2234  = 0 0 = = 1 0 * 0 1  3.5  2110 
 9. Duchene, Rene            NED 2219  = 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * =  2.5  2026 
10. Van den Berg, Ad         NED 2298  0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 = *  2.0  1963 
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25) Nordic Championship

The Nordic Championship took place in Vammala Finland August 24th-September 4th 2005. Evgeny Agrest won with 9.5/11. I'm waiting for a full file of games.

Official site: http://www.vammalanshakkikerho.net/pm2005/index.html

Final Standings:
 1.  Evgeny Agrest         SWE		9,5/11
 2.  Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE	 9
 3.  Nicolai V. Pedersen   DAN	 8
 4.  Tomi Nybäck           FIN		7
 5.  Tapani Sammalvuo      FIN	 6,5
 6.  Espen Lie             NOR		5
 7.  Robert Hardarson      ISL	 4,5
 8.  Stig Tjomsland        NOR		4,5
 9.  Heini Olsen           FAI		4
10. Bragi Thorfinnsson     ISL	 3,5
11. Heikki Lehtinen        FIN		3
12. Hans Kristian Simonsen FAI	 1,5

26) V Memorial Alonso Leira

The V Memorial Alonso Leira took place 30th August - 3rd September 2005. Aleksa Strikovic won the event with 6.5/9. No games available.

Official site: http://www.cfxadrez.org/

Final Standings:
1 Aleksa Strikovic          2498 GM SCG 6.5 25.5 
2 Marat Dzhumaev            2531 GM UZB 6   24.5 
3 David Lariño Nieto        2350 MF ESP 5.5 21.25 
4 Holden Hernández          2458 MI CUB 5.5 19.25 
5 Vladimir Dimitrov         2418 GM BUL 5   21 
6 Marcial García Carbo      2355 MF ESP 5   20.5 
7 Valentin Iotov            2447 MI BUL 4   19 
8 Diego Guerra Bastida      2384 MF ESP 4   14.25 
9 Manuel A. Pérez Fungueiro 2300    ESP 2   7.75 
10 Pablo García Castro      2377 MF ESP 1.5 5 

27) 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival

The 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival took place 14th to 23rd Aug 2005. Total Prizes about 40,000 $, Ashot Anastasian took clear first place with 7/9 ahead of Dmitry Bocharow and Sergey Kayumov. Correction to the table and games of Sergey Volkov who I confused with another player last week.

Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com/

Official Final Standings:
 1  Anastasian Ashot           g ARM  2595  7.0  49.0
 2  Bocharov Dmitry            g RUS  2574  6.5  46.5
 3  Kayumov Sergey             m UZB  2405  6.5  43.5
 4  Kobalia Mikhail            g RUS  2614  6.0  52.0
    Goloshchapov Alexander     g UKR  2519  6.0  52.0
 6  Aleksandrov Aleksej        g BLR  2630  6.0  51.0
 7  Mamedyarov Shakhriyar      g AZE  2646  6.0  50.5
 8  Fedorov Alexei             g BLR  2611  6.0  49.0
 9  Potkin Vladimir            g RUS  2534  6.0  46.5
10  Kotsur Pavel               g KAZ  2595  6.0  45.5
11  Ibrahimov Rasul            m AZE  2525  6.0  43.0
    Rausis Igors               g BAN  2498  6.0  43.0
13  Ganguly Surya Shekhar      g IND  2596  6.0  42.5

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Masters Abu Dhabi UA (UAE), 14-23 viii 2005
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 1. Anastasian, Ashot        g  ARM 2595  +41 +39 = 8 +19 +18 = 4 = 6 + 5 = 7  7.0  2770 
 2. Bocharov, Dmitry         g  RUS 2574  +51 +55 =16 + 8 = 4 = 9 - 5 +35 + 6  6.5  2685 
 3. Kayumov, Sergey          m  UZB 2405  +67 =17 =26 +32 -14 =11 +39 +19 +15  6.5  2653 
 4. Kobalia, Mikhail         g  RUS 2614  +36 +12 =24 +14 = 2 = 1 = 9 =15 = 8  6.0  2648 
 5. Aleksandrov, Aleksej     g  BLR 2630  +21 +32 -14 +24 =15 +10 + 2 - 1 = 9  6.0  2636 
 6. Goloshchapov, Alexander  g  UKR 2519  +50 =16 = 7 +11 +13 +14 = 1 = 8 - 2  6.0  2680 
 7. Fedorov, Alexei          g  BLR 2611  =29 +38 = 6 =22 +24 +25 = 8 = 9 = 1  6.0  2577 
 8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar   g  AZE 2646  +59 + 9 = 1 - 2 +33 +17 = 7 = 6 = 4  6.0  2665 
 9. Potkin, Vladimir         g  RUS 2534  +46 - 8 +51 +55 +16 = 2 = 4 = 7 = 5  6.0  2643 
10. Rausis, Igors            g  BAN 2498  +60 =18 =15 =27 +38 - 5 =20 +31 +23  6.0  2582 
11. Kotsur, Pavel            g  KAZ 2595  =65 =29 +20 - 6 +41 = 3 =30 +44 +25  6.0  2451 
12. Ibrahimov, Rasul         m  AZE 2525  +58 - 4 +53 =18 =34 +16 =19 =23 +30  6.0  2608 
13. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar   g  IND 2596  +62 =33 +30 =23 - 6 -22 +34 +37 +26  6.0  2588 
14. Chernyshov, Konstantin   g  RUS 2548  +25 +34 + 5 - 4 + 3 - 6 =23 =20 =18  5.5  2562 
15. Iuldachev, Saidali       g  UZB 2541  +44 =35 =10 +28 = 5 =23 +22 = 4 - 3  5.5  2553 
16. Volkov, Sergey           g  RUS 2622  +20 = 6 = 2 +37 - 9 -12 =24 +38 +35  5.5  2534 
17. Grigoriants, Sergey      g  RUS 2562  +53 = 3 =22 =34 +21 - 8 =31 +33 =20  5.5  2488 
18. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan     g  IRI 2603  +45 =10 +28 =12 - 1 +55 =35 =25 =14  5.5  2529 
19. Guseinov, Gadir          g  AZE 2585  +40 =30 +33 - 1 =22 +34 =12 - 3 +29  5.5  2516 
20. Prasad, Devaki V         m  IND 2359  -16 +50 -11 +44 +49 +26 =10 =14 =17  5.5  2513 
21. Karavade, Eesha          wm IND 2370  - 5 +48 =49 +42 -17 -39 +43 +53 +32  5.5  2417 
22. Sale, Srdjan             m  CRO 2437  =61 +52 =17 = 7 =19 +13 -15 -26 +44  5.0  2459 
23. Gleizerov, Evgeny        g  RUS 2572  =65 +43 +35 =13 =25 =15 =14 =12 -10  5.0  2427 
24. Annaberdiev, Meilis      m  TKM 2409  +49 +27 = 4 - 5 - 7 =32 =16 =36 +47  5.0  2507 
25. Mamedjarova, Zeinab      wg AZE 2262  -14 +64 +39 +26 =23 - 7 +27 =18 -11  5.0  2538 
26. Ulibin, Mikhail          g  RUS 2529  =65 +42 = 3 -25 +29 -20 +40 +22 -13  5.0  2360 
27. Kurnosov, Igor           g  RUS 2549  +57 -24 +36 =10 =31 -35 -25 +48 +41  5.0  2380 
28. Djuric, Stefan           g  SCG 2463  =42 +31 -18 -15 +60 =50 -44 +46 +40  5.0  2359 
29. Safarli, Eltaj           f  AZE 2335  = 7 =11 =32 =49 -26 +51 =36 +39 -19  4.5  2443 
30. Al Sayed, Mohamad N      m  QAT 2478  +56 =19 -13 -31 +58 +38 =11 =32 -12  4.5  2432 
31. Salem, Ghuloom           f  UAE 2318  =65 -28 +61 +30 =27 =33 =17 -10 =37  4.5  2396 
32. Dobrov, Vladimir         g  RUS 2535  +48 - 5 =29 - 3 +57 =24 +42 =30 -21  4.5  2367 
33. Moradiabadi, Elshan      g  IRI 2485  +63 =13 -19 +45 - 8 =31 +50 -17 =36  4.5  2420 
34. Negi, Parimarjan            IND 2376  +64 -14 +43 =17 =12 -19 -13 =50 +53  4.5  2380 
35. Gupta, Abhijeet          f  IND 2380  +66 =15 -23 =40 +53 +27 =18 - 2 -16  4.5  2453 
36. Sachdev, Tania           wm IND 2343  - 4 +58 -27 =48 +63 =37 =29 =24 =33  4.5  2390 
37. Raetsky, Alexander       m  RUS 2453  -43 +61 +44 -16 =50 =36 +55 -13 =31  4.5  2330 
38. Himdan, Maher            m  EGY 2337  =52 - 7 +63 +56 -10 -30 +59 -16 +50  4.5  2349 
39. Simonenko, Sergei        m  TKM 2431  +47 - 1 -25 =57 +48 +21 - 3 -29 =45  4.0  2290 
40. Akshat, Khamparia           IND 2296  -19 =56 +52 =35 -55 +49 -26 +42 -28  4.0  2268 
41. Jasim, A.R. Saleh        f  UAE 2318  - 1 =47 =60 +46 -11 -44 +52 +49 -27  4.0  2257 
42. Toufighi, Homayoon          IRI 2170  =28 -26 +59 -21 =51 +45 -32 -40 +62  4.0  2346 
43. Ghader Pour, Shayesteh   wm IRI 2109  +37 -23 -34 -53 =46 +58 -21 =56 +59  4.0  2297 
44. Pourkashiyan, Atousa     wm IRI 2261  -15 +66 -37 -20 +54 +41 +28 -11 -22  4.0  2322 
45. Muralidharan, M.B           IND 2329  -18 =60 +47 -33 =56 -42 =46 +63 =39  4.0  2257 
46. Illijin, Neboisa         m  ROM 2242  - 9 +59 -55 -41 =43 +61 =45 -28 +57  4.0  2280 
47. Nadig, Kruttika             IND 2198  -39 =41 -45 =52 -59 +64 +61 +55 -24  4.0  2221 
48. Al-Tamimi, Hamad            QAT 2244  -32 -21 +67 =36 -39 =63 +56 -27 +55  4.0  2302 
49. Al-Sulaiti, Ghanem       f  QAT 2076  -24 +57 =21 =29 -20 -40 +60 -41 =51  3.5  2236 
50. Mamedjarova, Turkan      wm AZE 2208  - 6 -20 +66 +62 =37 =28 -33 =34 -38  3.5  2293 
51. Aryanejad, Hossein       f  IRI 2288  - 2 +54 - 9 =60 =42 -29 =63 =59 =49  3.5  2203 
52. Marwan, Abdulwahab          UAE 1983  =38 -22 -40 =47 =64 =60 -41 =58 +63  3.5  2167 
53. Amanov, Mesgen              TKM 2277  -17 +67 -12 +43 -35 =59 +57 -21 -34  3.5  2255 
54. Ibrahim, Ismail UAE         UAE 2082  -55 -51 -57 +67 -44 -66 =58 +60 +64  3.5  2120 
55. Mahjoob, Morteza         m  IRI 2442  +54 - 2 +46 - 9 +40 -18 -37 -47 -48  3.0  2233 
56. Faisal, Abdulla             UAE 2175  -30 =40 +62 -38 =45 -57 -48 =43 =58  3.0  2164 
57. Paridar, Shadi           wg IRI 2263  -27 -49 +54 =39 -32 +56 -53 =62 -46  3.0  2174 
58. Amer, Mohamed               EGY 2223  -12 -36 =64 +61 -30 -43 =54 =52 =56  3.0  2074 
59. Boricsev, Oleg           m  HUN 2373  - 8 -46 -42 +66 +47 =53 -38 =51 -43  3.0  2131 
60. Coleman, James              ENG 2206  -10 =45 =41 =51 -28 =52 -49 -54 +67  3.0  2108 
61. Ahmed, Ishaq             f  UAE 2079  =22 -37 -31 -58 +62 -46 -47 =67 +66  3.0  2130 
62. Bogza, Adina-Maria       wg ROM 2325  -13 =63 -56 -50 -61 +67 +66 =57 -42  3.0  2074 
63. Momeni, E                   IRI 2198  -33 =62 -38 +64 -36 =48 =51 -45 -52  2.5  2095 
64. Mansour, Abbas              UAE 2018  -34 -25 =58 -63 =52 -47 =67 +66 -54  2.5  1992 
65. BYE DRAW                        ----  =11  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2503 
66. Salem, A.R. Saleh        f  UAE 2044  -35 -44 -50 -59 =67 +54 -62 -64 -61  1.5  1925 
67. Khouri, Ibrahim Mohamed  f  UAE 2062  - 3 -53 -48 -54 =66 -62 =64 =61 -60  1.5  1913 
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28) Forthcoming Events and Links

European Club Cup

The European Club Cup takes place September 18th-24th 2005 in the little mountain town of Saint-Vincent (Aosta Valley, very famous due to the Casinò). The teams are expected to arrive on Saturday 17th.

About 50 teams are announced in the men's group and 16-18 in the women group. The NAO team features: Vladimir Kramnik, Etienne Bacrot, Alexander Grischuk, Teimour Radjabov, joel Lautier, Paco Vallejo, Sergey Karjakin, Laurent Fressinet

Other teams: Ivanchuk, Aronian, Gelfand, Morozevich (also if he is announced to play in the Argentinian World Championship starting on Sept 27), Shirov, Ponomariov, Bologan, Dreev, Sutovsky, Volkov, Krasenkov, Mamedjarov. Women: Stefanova, Lahno, Cramling, Zhukova, Peptan, Kosintseva.

Italy will be represented by the towm of Penne (winner of the Italian team Championship 2005): gm Godena, gm Braga, IM Arlandi, IM Bruno and three boys "under 17", Sabino Brunello, Daniele Vocaturo, Denis Rombaldoni.

Official site: http://www.scacchivda.com/

Kramnik Internet Simul

Venue: Vladimir will play from the NAO Chess Club, Paris (France) Date: Thursday, September 15th 2005 at 18:00 h. (+1 GMT) Opponents: 8 players. Open to all observers. Time control: 60/30 (Kramnik) , 20/30 (opponents). On the Chess21 server.

Official site: http://www.chess21.com

49th Spanish Teams

The final phase takes place 9th-11th September 2005 when the winners in Merida and Division of Honor - Group II (Menorca) Teams: REVERTE ALBOX INSULAR BOX A EBORAJEDREZ C.A. MARCOTE VALENCIA CRADLES CHESS.

Official site: http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/

13th Albacete Open

The 13th Albacete Open takes place 1st-7th September 2005.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/torneos/torneo.asp?torneo=05090100

Brno Fair Trade Chess Festival

The Fair Trade Chess Festival 2005 in Brno has 2 closed GM groups, 1 closed IM group, open A (FIDE), open B (national) 28th August - 7th September 2005. Contact: IM Petr Pisk -GM and IM groups (petr.pisk@centrum.cz) or go to the website below.

Further details: http://volny.cz/skduras

10th Cesenatico International

The 10th Cesenatico International Chess Tournament takes place 3rd-11th September 2005.

Further info: http://www.antiquascom.it

Seagaard ChessReviews

Soren Sogaard announces that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will no longer be updated.

His letter: Dear reader! This is the last "newsletter" you receive from Seagaard ChessReviews. I have run the site for 5½ years, but now I no longer have the time to keep running the site. I have looked for sponsors for some time now, but I didn't succeed. Without these sponsors it is not easy to run the site. It was a hard decision, but the site, products and reviews will still be there for you - I just stop reviewing the products that I receive. If I receive products in the future, I will still store them in the database. However, I will writ eto the publishers that the site is closing so don't count on a lot of new products ;-) Thanks to all the people who supported me during the years. I am happy that more than 320 people now subscribes to the newsletter and that we have + 70.000 hits every week. All the best Soren Sogaard - Seagaard ChessReviews

Website: http://seagaard.dk/review

Scanno Italy

SCANNO (ITALY) GM-IM closed tournaments, 7th-13th of November, Scanno, 50 km West from Pescara, info: IO Nagy Laszlo - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

Highlands Open Czech Republic

2nd International Chess Festival Open Highlands will take place on 24th September - 2nd October 2005 in the Havlickuv Brod town (the Czech Republic) which part is open FIDE with the possibility to participate for all applicants. The festival is part of the 5th CZECH TOUR 2005/2006 Series.

More detailed information should be found at the address http://www.czechtour.net.

Caissa Events September - October

The Caissa tournaments take place in Kecskemét (HUN) 17th-26th September 2005 and 15th-24th October 2005... IM round robin and/or FM tmt, more info http://www.caissachessbooks.com. Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu.

Bratto della Presolana

Bratto della Presolana is a small mountain town 40 km from Bergamo, Italy. 15 GMs in the Master Group. There will be also Italian Female Championship and Italian Under 20 Championship.

Games, news, and Bulletin: http://www.scaccobratto.com/

Liepajas rokade

Liepajas rokade, the biggest chess festival in the Baltics took place from 11th to 14th of August 2005 in Liepaja Latvia. Loek van Wely won the main all-play-all rapid event. I will hopefully be able to round up the games at some point.

English http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19684 and Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19681

3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial

The 3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial takes place 3rd-5th September 2005. The event takes place in Winnipeg Canada. The tournament is a six-round open Swiss, FIDE-rated, over the Labour Day weekend. Entry fee by July 15th 2005: $80 Cdn.

Russian GM Sergey Shipov and Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein have confirmed their participation in the Abe Yanofsky Memorial.

This year's tournament will have 50 per cent more in prizes than 2004, with $6,000 guaranteed, including class prizes.

Further details: http://www.chessmanitoba.com

4th Galway Chess Congress

The 4th Galway Chess Congress takes place October 7th-9th 2005 at the 4 star Corrib Great Southern hotel in Galway (Ireland). The prize fund is 10,000 Euros or approx £6,800. There will be 4 tournaments for different rating sections with a 2000 Euro (£1300) first prize in the top section and significant prizes for the other sections including generous grading prizes. There are now direct flights to Galway from London, Manchester and Edinburgh so we're hoping to perhaps have some visitors from the UK.

Further details: http://www.galwaychess.com

Moscow Open 2006

The International Chess Festival "Moscow Open 2006" takes place in Moscow, Russia, 29.01 (31.01, 01.02) - 06.02. 2006. A stage of the Moscow Grand Prix 2006 (http://www.chessmoscow.ru), Russia Cup 2006 (http://www.russiachess.ru) and the ACP Tour 2005-2006 (http://www.chess-players.org)

Contacts: e-mail: mcf06@bk.ru Mr. Igor Glek (IGM, ACP Board Member): igorglek@hotmail.com, phone/fax: +49-2013162843, +7-0953883328. Mr. Alexander Zlochevsky (IGM, Coach of the Moscow Chess Team): zloch@rambler.ru, phone/fax: +7-095-3650757

Further details: http://www.chessmoscow.ru

European Team Championship

In addition to Olympiad history there is now European Team Championship history (1957-2005) available at: http://www.olimpbase.org

Odessa Open - Geller Memorial

Odessa Open - Geller Memorial Two open tournaments will take place in Odessa, Ukraine from 15 - 24 September 2005. The prize fund of A-Open will be 3475 USD (1st prize 1000 USD). The prize fund of B-Open will will be 525 USD.

Details in Russian are available at: http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua Contact with organisers: lvv@sky.od.ua, nik@sadt.od.ua

Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship

Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, 2005-2006 The starter round of this competition has now finished and the solution to the starter problem, and other details, is available at the website: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0506/bcsc.html

FIDE World Championship

The FIDE Championship takes place September 27th - October 16th 2005 at Potrero de los Funes, San Luis (Argentina). Players: Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Michael Adams, Peter Leko, Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler, and Judit Polgar.

Official site: http://www.wccsanluis.net/home.asp?lang=en

Coral Springs IM

Jon Haskel is running an IM Norm Round Robin in Coral Springs, Florida on September 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25. There will be 1 round on the 19th and 2 rounds on each of the other days. The time control will be 90 minutes with a 30 second increment. He needs 3 players from foreign federations. Contact: Jon Haskel jon@bocachess.com

Houston Open - Cajun Chess Events

A number of events are planned in the coming weeks in the Houston, Charlotte and Orlando areas.

Charlotte Open - August 26-28: http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament10.shtml

World Amateur Open Championship - October 7-9, 2005: http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament13.shtml

Cajun Chess Web Site: http://www.cajunchess.com/

58th Quebec Open Championship

IM Jean Hébert was the joint winner of the 58th Quebec Open Championship with 6.5/9, with Antoine Berube, Simon Gravel, and FM Vahagn Voskanyan. The tournament is usually Canada's largest open event, although this year its 195 players ranked it just behind the Canadian Open for attendance. Hopefully I can round up all the games at some point.

Games and results: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/

2nd Varna Chess Festival

The 2nd International Chess Festival Varna, takes place September 7th-15th 2005. Further details: Mr. Boris Hristov 5 Konstantin Fotinov St., Varna 9002 "Seahorse" National Children's Chess Federation Tel: +359/52/642 877; Fax: +359/52/574 940; Mobile: +359/88/6025 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.bg

Lausanne Young Masters

The 6th Edition of the Lausanne Young Masters 2005 with 8 of the best under-20 players in the world will be held September 14th-19th, 2005, at the Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne Players: Pentala Harikrishna Hikaru Nakamura, Andrei Volokitin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Nana Dzagnidze and Elisabeth Paehtz.

Alongside will be an Invitational Event "Maîtres contres Espoirs" including Vladimir Tukmakov and Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) will play several young Swiss talents.

Also a General Open, total prize money CHF 14'500.-, CHF 3'000.- for the winner, will be held at the same location from September 16th-19th, 2005. 7 rounds,

Information: René Kesselring, phone ++41 21 701 38 63 and ++41 79 342 44 15 Email: rkesselring@bluewin.ch

Internet http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com

Malaysian Chess Federation Calendar

The Malaysian Chess Federation has a calendar at: http://tcn.sourceforge.net. The event includes: the 2nd Arthur Tan Malaysian Open takes place 19th-26th August 2005, - Open Swiss with Prize Fund of US$ 15,000 27 Aug - 1 Sep Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2005 - Team event Prize Fund US$ 10,000 2 - 12 Sept Zone 3.3 (East Asia Zone) Championship. Contact: Hamid Majid email: aham@pc.jaring.my

Official site: http://tcn.sourceforge.net

Senior World Championship

The Senior Chess World Championship takes place 27th September - 10th October 2005 in the Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Italy, just one hour car far away from Venice.

The tournament is open to both men and women, and is an 11 round Swiss. Time rate: 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 15 minutes until the end of the game. with a 30 second increment from move 1.

Official site: http://www.vacanzesport.com

Iranian Team Championship

The Iran Super League (Ligue 84) the 12 club team event started on 30th May 2005. The Double round robin sees 6 GMs, 12 IMs and a total of 28 titled players participate.

Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm

Peter Leko Official Site

Peter Leko now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/

CC-Calendar

CC-Calendar. Now 8.092 official computer chess tournaments since 1990. 726 games from older official computer chess tournaments up to 1990. Arena Chess GUI http://www.playwitharena.com Selection: CC-Calendar New are two computer chess tournaments. CIPS (Italy), chess program Delfi won 5th International CSVN tournament (Netherland), chess program Shredder won. AnMon won the 7th French programmers tourney in Massy.

Hungarian Tournaments September - December 2005

Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour

1 3rd-15th of September FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org: NL

2. 1st-13th of October, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest L

3. 5th-17th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest

4. 3rd - 15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM.

9th Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft

9th Bayerische International Chess Open, takes place in Bad Wiessee takes place 29th October - 6th November 2005.

Further details: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/

US Championship

The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from February 22nd - March 5th 2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade.

The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded players (as determined by the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament qualifiers (two of which being online) and 2 wild cards selected by the AF4C. The seeded players include the defending U.S. Champion, Hikaru Nakamura; Women's Champion, Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess Café.com Grand Prix winner, Aleks Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior Champion; the 2005 U.S. Senior Champion; 8 top-rated Overall players, and 6 top-rated female players from the rating list. A new, innovative qualifying process will see one spot decided by the player who - while not qualifying directly- accumulates the highest score from playing in as many (or all!) of the qualifying tournaments. After each tournament, the latest placing for this Qualifier Grand Prix will be posted on the dedicated U.S. Championship website.

Details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com

Obrenovac Open

The Obrenovac Open takes place 22nd-30th November 2005. The event takes place in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro. 9 rounds Swiss, Prize found: 5250 EURO. First prize: 1000 EURO Info contact: IO Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

Lugano International Open

The Lugano International Open takes place 18th-20th November 2005. in the Hotel Meister, Via San Salvatore 11, 6902 Lugano-Paradiso 6 round Swiss Schweizer System 36 moves in 90 Mins + 30 Mins for the rest of the game.

Further details: http://luganoscacchi.ch/

2nd Samba Cup

The 2nd Samba Cup will take place 14th to 23rd October 2005 in Skanderborg, Denmark.

A-group will be at least cat. 16. B and C-group will be cats. 8/9 and 3/4 if played. All groups 10 players round-robin. Interested players for any group are welcome to contact organiser Michael Andersson at gm@skanderborgskakklub.dk.

Web site is under construction but will be http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2005

FIDE Trainers Committee

IM Jovan Petronic. Chairman, FIDE Computer & Internet Chess Committee has written about the FIDE Trainers Committee. Link to his article below. In 1998 FIDE formed a powerful Committee comprising of leading chess trainers around the chess globe. Accordingly, it was named the FIDE Trainers Committee, and below, I will try to summarize the immense useful information for the readers, current major chess training activities and appeals of the Committee, etc. The number of certified FIDE Trainers has grown and they are now (in alphabetical order) - none other than: Alburt Lev (USA), Asanov Bolat (Kazahstan), Azmaiparashvili Zurab (Georgia), Boensch Uwe (Germany), Beliavsky Alexandr (Slovenia), Chernin Alexandr (Hungary), Dorfman Iossif (France), Dvoretsky Mark (Russia), Gelfer Israel (Israel), Georgadze Tamaz (Georgia), Gulko Boris (USA), Illescas Miguel (Spain), Kuzmin Alexey (Katar), Khodarkovsky Michael (USA), Leong Ignatius (Singapore), Mikhalcishin Adrian (Slovenia), Marjanovic Slavoljub (Serbia & Montenegro), Mohr Georg (Slovenia), Nikitin Alexandr (Russia), Petrosjan Arshak (Armenia), Polgar Zsuzsa (USA), Postovsky Boris (USA), Psakhis Lev (Israel), Razuvaev Yuri (Russia), Seirawan Yasser (USA), Sosonko Genna (Netherlands), Schmidt Wlodzimerz (Poland), Tukmakov Vladimir (Ukraine), Ubilava Elizbar (Georgia), Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazahstan), Zapata Alonso (Columbia) and Xie Yun (China).

Read the article: http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee.htm and an update: http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee2.htm

Instructional Tactics

There is an instructional tactical site at: http://www.chesstactics.org compiled by Ward Farnsworth.

Queenstown Chess Classic 2006

The Queenstown Chess Classic 2006 takes place on the South Island of New Zealand January 15th-24th 2006 followed by the NZ Rapid and Blitz Championship on Jan 25th & 26th. This event is being sponsored by NZ GM Murray Chandler and promises to be NZ's largest ever Open International event. The total prize fund is in excess of NZD $35,000. It is endorsed by the NZ Chess Federation and will incorporate the NZ Championship. Entries so far include GM's Chandler, Rogers and Hecht.

Further information: http://www.queenstownchess.com

Kasparov on his retirement

Kasparov's website: http://www.chesschamps.com gives a diary entry on the reasons for his retirement: http://www.chesschamps.com/diary07.html

Correspondence Chess - Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years

Therer will be a CC tournament "Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years"? which will be one of the strongest CC events of the year 2005 with 4 ICCF-GMs and 4 ICCF-SIMs among the 13 participants.

Every 2-3 months there will be reports on the tournament wrote by GM Dorian Rogozenko, IM Mihai Ghinda, IM Mircea Pavlov, IM Constantin Lupulescu and FM Marius Ceteras including comments around the games in progress (this is something new in CC).

A promo pdf booklet of the event is available in Romanian chess pages www.romanianchess.org , in the section dedicated to this event http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80 The booklet contains the introduction of the players, their best games and a short history of the Romanian correspondence chess. Short link for download the promo booklet (archived pdf file) http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80/rcf80.zip

The tournament will be played at ICCF webserver ( http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=278 ) .

II Calvia Chess Festival

The 2nd Calvià Chess Festival offers a varied programme with tournaments for different categories covering all ages. Takes place October 21st-November 5th 2005.

http://www.calviafestival.com

9th Essent Chess Tournament

The 9th Essent Chess Tournament (Hoogeveen) takes place 21st-29th October 2005.

Last year the event was covered at: http://www.essentchess.nl

Computer Chess News

There have been recent computer events. See the Computer Chess Calendar at: http://www.playwitharena.com

Ratings Article

Jean-Claude Templeur on ratings manipulation: http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=30

Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005

Brian Stephenson of the British Chess Problem Society reports. The Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005 took place at Oakham School on Saturday 19th February. It was a resounding success for solving GM and Ex-World Champion Jonathan Mestel, who came ahead of two other ex-world champions. The event was sponsored by Winton Capital Management: http://www.wintoncapital.com/

The full results can be found at my website. Follow this link for the final table: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/finaltable.html and this for the problems used: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/final_diag.html

British Chess Problem Society: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/

Alushta Diary 2005

Leonid Galperin sends a calendar of planned events in Alushta, Ukraine 2005.

GM Norm events: 6 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 Rating tournament 5.06 - 13.06 Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200 $ 14.06 - 22.06 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 28.06 12.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 29 - 30.06 13-14.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize 1000 $ First prize (woman) 500$ 2.07-10.07 15.09-23.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 5.06-14.06 25.09-4.10 Alushta Individual and group studying

Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua

Harald Malmgren 100 years Correspondence

31st Dec 2004 saw the start of the first Grandmaster tournament on the ICCF Webserver. The tournament is the "Harald Malmgren 100 years". The occasion is to commemorate the 100:d birthday of Harald Malmgren, Tierp in Sweden. Malmgren was runner up after Cecil Purdy in ICCF's first World Championship and earned his GM title in the event. Malmgren passed away in 1957. In his career he was also second in IFSB Championship 1939 and won the Swedish CC Championship in 1942. Malmgren was a true chess enthusiast and issued a book in 1953 "Mina bästa partier" (My best games) with only CC games he had played.

There are 13 participants and you will be able to follow the results on http://www.schack.se/SSKK/palview/res/malmgren.htm and as soon as about 10 moves are made in every game, SSKK will open a page for "live" games. That is games according to the ICCF CoC regulations for live games. The Category of the event is 10 which means that all norms are available.The tournament has two sponsors, Schackakademin and Svenska Schackbutiken AB.

The players are: IM Jan Bennborn, Sweden, IM Sture Olsson, Sweden, IM Rune Bergquist, Norway, IM Ervin Liebert, Estonia, IM Taisto Koskela, Finland, IM Leif Åhman, Sweden, SIM Jón A Pálsson, Iceland, SIM Josef Mrkvicka, Czech Rep, GM Matthias Rüfenacht; Switzerland, IM Gary S Benson, Australia, SIM John Pugh, England, Phillippe Chopin, France and Mads Smith Hansen, Denmark. The withdrawing ICCF President keeps playing CC and starts this event on his very last day in office.

Tomas Carnstam, Jonas Dahlgren, Robert Ericsson, Sebastian Nilsson and Per Söderberg wedish Correspondence Chess Federation (SSKK) Board members.

Hamarat Challenge Match

The ICCF World Champion Tunc Hamarat (AUT) who has never lost a single game with White, has challenged the "Rest of the World" to a friendly 2-game match. He will have White in both games. The games (one will start with 1.e4 and one with 1.d4) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and started on 10th February 2005 with the rule "10 moves/70 days".

The players on the "Rest of the World" team will vote on each move. The move receiving the most votes will be selected. Should 2 or more moves receive the same number of votes, the "Rest of the World" will be given 2 more voting days to decide between the tied moves. Participation in this event is open to all players who pay an entry fee of 5 EUR or $7.00 US dollars via their National CC Federation or the ICCF Direct Entry (DE) option. All fees collected will be transferred to the ICCF Development Fund. The money will be used primarily for development and system support of the ICCF WebChess Server. It will be possible to join the "Rest of the World" team at any stage of the game.

The games may be seen "live" by all players and other observers at http://www.iccf-webchess.com

Each player who voted for the selected move will receive 1 point per move. The player(s) with the most points at the end of the games will receive an ICCF Gold Book. The list of all entrants will be published on the ICCF webpage.

1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament

The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.

Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19

Russia vs ROW Correspondence

The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64 boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop van Oosterom

http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm

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